희미하다

to be faint

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
희미한
아/어Infinitive
희미해
-으니Since
희미하니
합니다Formal
희미합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 희미해요희미합니다희미해희미하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 희미했어요희미했습니다희미했어희미했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 희미하겠어요희미하겠습니다희미하겠어희미하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 희미할 거예요희미할 것입니다희미할 거야희미할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 희미해요?희미합니까?희미해?희미하니?
과거Past 희미했어요?희미했습니까?희미했어?희미했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 희미해요안 희미합니다안 희미해안 희미하다
-지 않다Not (long) 희미하지 않아요희미하지 않습니다희미하지 않아희미하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 희미하세요희미하십니다희미하셔희미하시다
과거Past 희미하셨어요희미하셨습니다희미하셨어희미하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
희미한
과거Past
희미한
미래Future
희미할
회상Used to
희미하던

Joining clauses

-고and
희미하고
-게-ly / so that
희미하게
-어서so / and then
희미해서
-으니까since
희미하니까
-으면if / when
희미하면
-지만but
희미하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
희미한데
-어도even if
희미해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

여기 희미한 푸른 점이 지구입니다.

Here is Earth as a pale blue dot.

그 파동은 오랜 시간에 걸쳐 희미해져 갔습니다.

Those waves have long since faded.

희미해지다

to fade away

그리고 상처는 희미해 지지도 않았죠.

And our battle scars are far from faint.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 희미하다 in Korean?

희미하다 (to be faint) is 희미해요 in the polite 해요체, 희미합니다 in formal 합니다체, 희미해 in casual 반말 and 희미하다 in the plain written style. The past is 희미했어요.

What is the past tense of 희미하다?

희미했어요 in everyday polite speech, 희미했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 희미하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 희미하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 희미하여 and 희미하니 but unchanged in 희미합니다.

What TOPIK level is 희미하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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